Thank you all for the very informative and insightful responses. I think I've got a pretty good handle on it now and I am going to move forward in my "Design Pattern Safari" journey.
-Aaron On 11/16/06, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ColdFusion is soooo dynamic that when you talk about things > > that "relate" to other languages, it is more in philosophy > > than practice. > > When I say "Constant" I don't mean a value that never > > changes, I mean a value that should not be changed by the > > user. I mean a value that does not change from instance to > > instance (basically a static value). Like wise, when you say > > a "public" or "private" method - since those can so easily be > > hacked - it is only a philosophy, a "suggestion" - a contract > > the user makes with the application. > > > > It's all philosophy, don't worry about how things actually > > port from one language to another. > > I would say that the approach of using accessors to access private member > variables is closer, in philosophy, to how constants behave in other > languages. In addition, I think that this approach is safer than the use of > public member variables as constants. > > And by safety, I don't mean anything related to security, or hacking, or > anything along those lines. OO best practices are what they are because they > help protect the developer from himself, not because of security > requirements. To the extent that these best practices can be emulated in CF, > I think they should be. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore and Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:260805 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
